# kiek
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch kiek, used chiefly in the diminutive kiekje.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kik/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kiek (plural kieke, diminutive kiekie)
* (rare) photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)

#### Usage notes

Its diminutive kiekie is much more commonly used and has become a simplex with its own diminutive form.

### Verb

kiek (present kiek, present participle kiekende, past participle gekiek)
* to photograph; to take a picture

#### Synonyms

* afneem
* fotografeer

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kik/
* Hyphenation: kiek
* Rhymes: -ik

### Etymology 1

From the name of Dutch photographer Israël Kiek. Probably reinforced by analogy with kijk (“a look”) and kieken, a dialectal synonym for kijken (“to look”).

#### Noun

kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)
* (chiefly diminutive) a snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer

##### Derived terms

* kieken

#### Verb

kiek
* inflection of kieken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Etymology 2

See kieken (“chicken”)

#### Noun

kiek f (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekje n)
* a chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird
* a domestic chicken or other fowl
* (figuratively) a dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead

##### Synonyms

* kieken
* kuiken (young only)

### Etymology 3

From Germanic, perhaps from the root of kodde (“club”). Cognate with West Frisian kijk.

#### Noun

kiek c (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)
* a vernacular name for plants of several species:
** Brassica nigra (black mustard)
** Rhamphospermum arvense (syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.; charlock)
** Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish)
** Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress)
** Alliaria petiolata (syn. Alliaria officinalis; garlic mustard)

##### Synonyms

* zwarte mosterd (Brassica nigra)
* gele kiek (several)
* witte kiek (several)
* look-zonder-look (Alliaria petiolata)
* kiedik (Rhamphospermum arvense, syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)

##### Derived terms

* kiekzaad n
* kopkiek (Erysimum cheiranthoides)
* gele kiek
* witte kiek

### Etymology 4

Clipping of kiekendief.

#### Noun

kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)
* (birdwatching slang) Clipping of kiekendief.

##### Related terms

* blauwe kiek
* bruine kiek

### Etymology 5

Possibly from English kick.

#### Noun

kiek m (plural kieks, diminutive kiekje n)
* (Suriname, colloquial, idiomatic) something that is amusing, fun, or giving a nice sensation
    Gaan we een kiek zetten? ― Do you want to have fun?

##### Derived terms

* een kiek nemen
* een kiek vangen
* een kiek zetten

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːk/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

kiek
* singular imperative of kieken
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of kieken

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From an apocope of kíeka, the nominative and accusative singular neutral form of kíekas (“how big”), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís (“who, what”), though the exact morphology is unclear.

### Pronunciation

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### Determiner

ki̇́ek
* how much, how many

#### Derived terms

* kiẽkis (“amount”)

### References

* ↑ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kíek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 284